Doggone Daddy

by Liam Kingsley

  “And what about you?” I asked, pulling him out of the bedroom, a mischievous grin tipping my lips. “Will they let anyone near you?”

  He leaned in close to me, biting his lip. “What are you suggesting?”

  A low growl rumbled in my throat, and I practically dragged him down the hall to his bedroom. The minute we were inside I shut the door and pushed him back against it, pressing my mouth to his and kissing him like I couldn’t get enough of him.

  I’d been holding back all night, wanting to touch Trevor like this, feel his mouth moving against mine, his hips rocking against me like they were now as I reached down and gripped his ass.

  “Jason,” he said on a sigh, his head falling back against the door, exposing his neck to me.

  A primal need to sink my teeth into his flesh and claim him as my own overwhelmed me. That was how it was with Trevor, the way it had been since the first time we’d been together, like my wolf superseded conscious thought and I acted on instinct alone. But I restrained myself, settling on scraping my teeth along his soft, pale skin.

  “Please,” he moaned.

  I growled again at the sound of raw need in his voice. In the span of a few seconds I went from kissing him to clawing at his clothes, needing to get him naked. Needing to see him and touch him and feel him with nothing between us. He was just as frantic, just as desperate, and when I finally got my hands on his cock, he swore.

  “Fuck.”

  He was vocal during sex, and I fucking loved it. Totally uninhibited, especially considering he’d been a virgin up until last week. As it always did, thinking I’d been Trevor’s first made my cock swell and throb, and I wanted nothing more than to be deep inside him again.

  He raked his fingers down my chest, hard enough to leave marks, and I groaned. Fuck, I loved how passionate he was. I felt like the luckiest man in the world, almost unable to believe this omega was mine, that no one else had scooped him up. I knew he had insecurities, but as far as I was concerned Trevor was perfect the way he was, and exactly the type of man for me. Sweet, funny, loving, and he turned me on like no man I’d ever known.

  I gripped his hips harder, lifting him and pinning him against the door so I could grind my rock-hard dick against his. He was hot and throbbing, and the feel of our bare cocks pressed against each other’s had me feeling like I might come at any minute. I reached around, finding Trevor sopping wet, and my cock jumped.

  “Fuck, Trevor, you feel so good,” I murmured as I slipped a finger inside his tight hole. “So hot, so tight.”

  He panted in my ear, his breath ragged as I began to finger fuck him, getting him ready for my cock. “Yes, god, yes,” he whimpered.

  When I knew he was ready I encouraged him to wrap his legs around my waist, and then I held him tight against the door while I positioned my cock at his slick opening. With a moan of satisfaction I slid him down on my cock, filling him. He spasmed around me, clenching tight, and I groaned in response, sliding back out of him so I could slam inside again.

  He cried out in pleasure, clawing at my back. “More, Jason. Please. Fuck me harder.”

  I was quickly learning I couldn’t deny my mate, and I pumped into him over and over, loving the velvet feel of his ass as it massaged my throbbing, dripping cock. I was so close to coming. It wouldn’t take much at all, and then Trevor reached between us, grabbing his cock in his fist, his eyes locked on mine.

  “Fuck, yes.” My thrusts grew erratic as my balls tightened. I looked from his bright green eyes down to his huge cock he was stroking furiously, the head bulging and swollen, beaded with precum. I looked back at his beautiful face. “Come for me.”

  Trevor gasped, his walls squeezing me tighter, and I felt my knot begin to form again. Oh, fuck yes. It had been the most incredible feeling ever when I’d knotted Trevor the first time. And the pleasure was just as intense now. The base of my cock swelled, and I was locked tight inside my mate, knotting him.

  Then he was coming. I clamped a hand over his mouth as his cries of pleasure filled the room, not wanting to wake Stacia or the dogs. I watched his face, loving the expressions he made as he came apart, surrendering completely with no reservations.

  Fuck, he was amazing.

  Hot jets of cum shot up between us, coating both our stomachs before oozing down and running over my cock, making it even slicker where I was buried inside him.

  Though I couldn’t move I tried to shove my cock deeper into him, feeling my orgasm take hold, and I rode the tidal wave as it crashed over me, my body and mind aware only of the intense sensations flooding me.

  Trevor collapsed against me, and I held him tight as I moved us from the door to the bed. We hadn’t even made it past the threshold of his room before I had to have him.

  I smiled. “Pretty good suggestion, yeah?” I asked, finally answering his earlier question.

  He laughed as he sank down into the bed. “Yeah. Feel free to fill my suggestion box with things like that.”

  “I might just do that.” I climbed into bed with him then pulled him close. “Just make sure Charlie isn’t the one to check the box.”

  Trevor chuckled. “It might just make his week.”

  I nuzzled his neck and settled with him in my arms. “I’m more concerned about making yours.”

  Sleep started to hit me fast, drawing me down as I relaxed. But just before I drifted off, I thought I heard Trevor whisper, “You’ve made my entire year.”

  I was pretty sure I fell asleep with a grin on my face.

  10

  Trevor

  I looked over the fence of my daycare while I was outside with the dogs, wondering if Jason would be outside soon.

  It was funny. Just a little over a month ago, any time I was outside I’d been wondering if he’d be there, but for entirely different reasons. I’d always been in two minds about seeing him. One part dreaded the possibility of him being rude to the dogs, the other part hoped to simply catch of glimpse of him to feed my silly crush. It was amazing how much things could change in just a few weeks.

  And the last few weeks of my life had been amazing. Finding out Jason and I are mates, getting to know each other, the sex…

  I grinned, feeling flushed as I thought about how hot things had gotten last night. Apparently I was adventurous when it came to sex. Who would have guessed? I had resigned myself to a life alone, never finding that special person who would love me for who I was. Now look at me.

  Not that Jason loved me—but there was something special between us for sure. Growing stronger all the time.

  That flushed feeling intensified, and I sat down for a minute on the edge of the porch while the dogs played. Maybe it was the warm October day—summer still trying to hang on into the fall.

  I sat for a moment, and then when the feeling passed I figured it was time to get the dogs inside. They would need to rest for a bit, and I had a little time before I needed to get their lunches ready.

  As soon as I stood and started corralling the dogs, though, I felt another wave of dizziness hit me. I lifted a hand to my forehead, feeling a little short of breath. No, this wasn’t the warm day. Could it be my blood pressure? Both of my parents had blood pressure issues, and I knew being overweight didn’t help me there.

  But that was jumping the gun. Maybe it was my heat. It was due any day. Actually, it was late, but I supposed being around Jason must have upset my schedule. I shook off the concern and got back to work. The day flew by, and I stayed busy, ignoring my heat symptoms for the most part. But by the time I sat at the front desk and checked out the last dog of the day, I knew it might be more. I’d felt nauseous part of the day, and my body temperature was running a bit warm. Another wave of dizziness hit me, and I pulled my phone out. I tapped out a quick text to Jason letting him know I wasn’t feeling so good. Had I caught a virus?

  My phone rang immediately.

  “What’s wrong?” he asked before I could even say hello.

  “It’s fine. Nothing serious. I just
don’t feel tip top.”

  “No,” he said slowly. “Something is wrong. My wolf can sense it. I’ll be right over.”

  I shook my head in amusement as the line went dead. Standing up, I moved to gather my things, but the dizzy feeling hit me suddenly. I should have stood more slowly. I reached out to steady myself on the counter, but my legs gave out.

  The next thing I knew, my ears were buzzing and light pricked my vision. Right before everything went dark and I slumped to the floor.

  “Really, we have to stop meeting like this.” Jason’s voice was the first thing I heard as I blinked my eyes open slowly.

  “What happened?” I squinted against the bright hospital lights. Wait. What? “Where are we?”

  “You passed out,” he said, his hand gripping mine tightly. He gave me a wry smile. “Couldn’t even wait a few more seconds for me to get there and catch you.”

  I chuckled. Obviously things weren’t that serious if Jason was joking around.

  As if reading my mind, he said, “The doctors want to run some test to make sure everything is okay.”

  My heart jumped. Could this be something linked to my concussion? “Is it my head,” I asked. “I mean, everything has been fine the last month.”

  “I don’t think so, and the doctors don’t seem to think so either.”

  “You’re sure?”

  “Well, not completely. But I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.” He didn’t look worried at all. Which was reassuring. It was nothing like the way he fussed over me before. In fact, if I wasn’t mistaken, he looked almost…excited? Hopeful? I wasn’t sure. But that didn’t make sense.

  Before I could ask him about it, the doctor came in, the same one who’d seen me after the robbery and attack. “I’m happy to report that after the numerous tests I ordered, I can ease your mind. This has nothing to do with your concussion.”

  I looked at him, confused. “You’ve already run the tests?”

  He shook his head. “No, but I’m still going to have the lab run them just to be safe. But as a first step, we always run a few initial tests. And I think what they showed gives us our answer.”

  “Which is?”

  “You’re pregnant.” The doctor gave me a wide smile.

  “I’m what now?” I asked, sure I wasn’t hearing him correctly, that I’d hit my head hard on the way down. Maybe I needed that scan after all. I probably needed my ears checked while we were at it.

  “You’re pregnant!” Jason whooped, standing up from the chair and pumping his fist in the air. Then he looked at me, his dark eyes glittering with excitement. Like he was thrilled and at the same time couldn’t believe it.

  I could feel him on the last one. I was pregnant. Having a baby. I should have been just as thrilled as Jason, if not more so. This was something I’d always wanted. A family. A baby. A man who loved me by my side. And it had always seemed too good to be true. Impossible, even.

  So impossible that instead of thinking all my dreams were coming true, all I could think about was how this could change everything. For the worse. I was already so worried about my weight. Having a baby would mean I was just going to get bigger and bigger as the baby grew. What if Jason eventually left me because he no longer found me attractive?

  The doctor cleared his throat. “I’ll give you two a minute,” he said, and then he disappeared through the door.

  “Trevor?” Jason gave me a worried look. “What’s wrong? Aren’t you excited?”

  I nodded. “I am… But…” I dropped my gaze, and then decided I needed to tell him. I hadn’t shied away from being honest with him before. From being myself. No reason to stop now. I looked up at him. “I’m going to get fatter. I mean, really big and round.”

  “So?”

  “Will you still want me? You know, with stretch marks and…everything?”

  He laughed incredulously. “You’re joking, right? All this passing out affected you more than I thought. Maybe the doctor needs to do that brain scan,” he said, his voice teasing. But he sobered when he saw I wasn’t joking.

  Jason came closer and gripped my hands in his. “That will never happen. Ever. Do you hear me? I want to be with you because I love you. And in case you didn’t hear me the first time, let me say that again. I love you, Trevor Perry. For who you are. And I couldn’t be happier you’re having our baby.”

  A smile spread across my face, my heart swelling with utter joy. He loved me. Me, Trevor Perry. Jason loved me for who I was. Love… I marveled over the word. It was hard to believe that someone like Jason Meredith loved me. But the look on his face said it all.

  “I love you too,” I replied, beaming. Hell, I’d probably loved him from the first time I saw him. It would explain the ridiculous crush that wasn’t so ridiculous after all.

  The doctor came back in, and we had to stay for another hour while they ran the rest of the tests, but everything came back clear. It was just the pregnancy. The doctor told us we’d need to schedule an appointment with an obstetrician soon, and Jason gave me a wink.

  “We have a family doctor,” he said.

  That’s when it hit me—I wasn’t just having a baby. I was having Jason’s baby. A shifter’s baby. Which meant the baby was a shifter.

  As we left the hospital, I had a million things on my mind, and just as many questions. Primarily, what did this mean for Jason and me?

  Even though we’d spent as much time as possible together over the past month, and I felt like I’d really gotten to know him, we hadn’t talked much about the future. We’d touched on the topic of being mates, and I’d learned a lot more about what that meant, and even more about the world of shifters, but we hadn’t spoken about it in direct reference to ourselves and what would happen.

  I knew an alpha could claim an omega as his mate, something much like marriage in the human world. If that omega was his fated mate, their bond was already strong. The claiming bite simply made their bond so much stronger.

  Did Jason feel that strongly about me to want to commit to something like that? He said he loved me. Said he was excited about this baby. But this changed everything. We were only just figuring things out. And I couldn’t help but worry about the future, even though Jason had reassured me in the hospital.

  I was so lost in my thoughts I didn’t notice we weren’t headed to my house until we were already headed north out of town. “Where are we going?” I asked him.

  Jason gave me grin, his eyes still on the road. “Up to the homestead. I want you with me in my home tonight.”

  My first thought was the dogs. “Bonnie and Clyde,” I said quickly. “I can’t just leave them home alone. Can we go back and get them if I’m going to be at your house all night?”

  I knew it was a long shot, but Jason had seemed to be making an effort as far as the dogs were concerned. He didn’t go out of his way to play with them or anything, but he was much more patient, and seemed to be trying to be better around them for my sake.

  Jason pressed his lips together and turned so I couldn’t see his face clearly. My heart squeezed painfully. He still didn’t want to have them as a part of his life. Not really. He was only doing what he had to because without them, Jason couldn’t get me. Would he ever truly be able to accept them?

  Frustrated, I blew out a breath and turned in my seat to look at him. He didn’t even acknowledge my question.

  “Jason,” I said, firmly this time. “I said I can’t leave the dogs home alone all night.” The weight of this issue between us felt heavier than usual. “Not just that, but I don’t want to.” I knew that came out with a lot of attitude, but I didn’t care. The least he could do was acknowledge me.

  Jason’s mouth twitched. Then he simply said, “It’s fine. Just relax.”

  I crossed my arms over my chest and looked out the window. I didn’t want to ruin this near-perfect day, but it hurt that he didn’t understand how important they were to me.

  When we pulled up at Jason’s house, he came around
and opened the car door for me, helping me out with a huge smile on his face.

  I frowned and looked at him as I stood, and that’s when I heard it. The barking. My gaze flew to the front windows of Jason’s house, where I could make out Bonnie and Clyde standing inside, barking excitedly. Oh, not only had Jason gotten my dogs, but he’d allowed them inside his home? “What’s going on?”

  Jason smiled and wrapped an arm around my waist as he led me to the front door. “I figured you’d want them here, so I made arrangements while you were having those tests done.”

  My heart felt like it might burst out of my chest. Jason really was the real deal. He’d meant it when he said he loved me. If he was doing this for me, he really was in this thing together.

  He opened the door and led me inside. I greeted Bonnie and Clyde, playing with them until they settled down and padded over to their dog beds that Jason must have had brought over as well.

  Jason came up to me and put his arms around me, tucking me in close. He lowered his forehead to mine. “I hope I didn’t make you think I would just leave them home alone all night.”

  “I was starting to think so!” I said, laughing about it now.

  He grinned. “I couldn’t spoil the surprise, could I?”

  I shook my head, staring into his eyes. “I can’t believe this. Any of it.” I rested a hand on my stomach. There was a baby growing in there. Jason’s baby! It really was incredible.

  Jason covered my hand with one of his, and then cupped my cheek with the other, his eyes still locked on mine. “Now you’re having my baby, will you move in with me?”

  I shook my head, not sure I’d heard right. I blinked a couple times.

  “Come live here, Trevor. Here on the homestead with Stacia and me. We’ll be surrounded by all our friends. Have our own little family.”

  I didn’t know what to say. It was almost too much in one day. But my heart was reminding me this was what I’d always wanted. That I’d be a fool to say anything but yes.